Game 1, 6:37pm…….
Hmmmm…I’m kinda excited for the game tonight. Not really sure how I’m gonna burn the time off before first pitch—I have to go to work and, obviously, take care of my daughter’s basic needs, although by game time I’m not sure how high up we’re gonna go on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs pyramid:
maybe I’ll hit the gym, too…..
But other than all that, I don’t know how I’m going to be able to tolerate the seconds that are ticking off my life even as I type this. I’m sitting here with my dyed black head and my best Giants jersey hanging neatly pressed nearby and all I’m doing is waiting. Just waiting. Still waiting……..
I guess we can bide our time by marveling at the playoff roster at 10am. Then you guys get to fight it out for who can post the line up here first. That’s always fun. Beers will probably be getting popped open by many of you before the customary whistle blow at 5pm. And then we’re just about there, right?
Let’s just throw this out there: Our playoff history sucks. SF has never won a crown. We’ve ultimately lost every series we’ve played in– some were dramatic losses (the 2002 WS), others I barely remember (the 1997 series v Florida) and others were just plain weird (the ’89 Earthquake series). But in the end, they were all losses. But there have been amazing, wonderful playoff memories that I’ll never forget. My favorite playoff moment was the Will Clark grand slam bomb that he launched deep into the Chicago night sky. I was watching the game with some friends in my dorm room at Lewis and Clark and got so excited about that hit that I jumped out our 2nd story window, saved from major injury by one of Mother Nature’s trees. That’s the feeling i want to have to have tonight. And luckily, we live in a one level house so I’m good to go as far as that goes…….
A Place To Talk About Giants Baseball 
How often does the lead off walk score? 40% or so?
Kick save!
Conrad the Butcher!
This little runt better not do it again. C’mon Fruckie!
Shite
Son of a bitch. Lowe just abused Huff that AB.
Was Ross caught in No man’s land? Missed opportunity. We need to score first.
Giants baseball = Torture. Only thing that inning did was upped his pitch count.
Has Sanchez ever seen Lowe? It would hard to find two worse consecutive ABs … maybe he ought to look at one before nubbing out. At least give Torres a shot.
Tim better be careful with that “get it over” fastball.
What, Lowe hasn’t allowed a run?
Doesn’t Bobby Cox look like he was separated at birth from Pope John Paul II?
The evil twin.
let’s go for 500 comments…just to pacify the burnt neurons
Dennis, where’s Whiteside, your pinch runner?
Please, don’t even joke about that Pawlie.
catcher steals a base
Posey was out.
Posey was out.
echo
Their’s a break Posey was out.
Posey’s on second
C’mon, Jazz Hands!
zumie, I’m telling you. Too Fosse!
What? Thank you for walking an almost guaranteed K!
Silly to give Ross anything here.
Like I said, silly to give Ross anything. You make the pitcher beat you.
Stoopid move there.
yang
A run! Thank you, secondbase ump!
CODEEEE!
Thank you Bobby Cox
Make ’em pay!
Alright CODY!!!!!!!
Cox-sucker!
That’s Cox-Ucker
Magnus, jump if Timmy HRs, ok?
Love that defense. Yahoo Passan was on KNBR yesterday saying he gave the edge to Atl because of their reliable infield play.
Why would someone name their kid “Yahoo”?
63-19 when we score first.
I LOVE it when we score first, helps to calm the nerves a tad. Not much, but every bit helps.
Hey, we got the lead!
The Braves look like me trying to field grounders.
I guess he forgot that Prado and Jones are out. Cody’s was routine.
yeah: a) Infante should’ve caught Cody’s hit and b) good throw would’ve nailed Buster, but hey what we worry? We’ll take it.
Looked like a playable grounder. Some times it is better to be lucky than good!!
Great pickup by Sabes. Good move by Bochy to bat Ross in the 8 -hole. Just the kinda lil’ sneak to break the ice. Wonderful to have that stinger in the tail. The Scorpion.
It wasn’t the walk to Orson, it was the non-walk to Ross. I walk him 100/100 times there.
Screw that shit about getting the 8th place hitter out so the P can lead off the next inning.
I make the P beat me in that situation all the time.
Well Passan’s a fucking idiot.Especially after i was watching Conrad and Infante butcher ground balls and throws the last week.I even said as much in my 2:10 post that they would fuck up and they have already.
Quick shutdown inning. Nice.
Dennis, I thought they would pitch around Ross, try and get him to swing at bad pitches, and if he didn’t it would just be an unintentional/intentional walk, to go after Tim.
61-4 when we lead after 5.
None of those 4 happened to be Atlanta, did they?
Man, stuck with Gameday but Lincecum is fucking killing it.
Nice
ROY ROY!@!!
I loved the chant . . . Posey;s better! Poseys better!!!
So now we have two hot shot base runners — Andres and Buster. WTF???
Atlanta is not a very athletic looking team…
Why is Ankiiel playing him so shallow?
That’s just dumb. Ankiel isn;t all that…
Buster ! Opening. What a sparkplug.
Goddamn Bat has to protect in that situation. We need this second run.
C’mon Juan-Gone.
Dirt, if you can’t view the game, you can go to
http://myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=90578&part=sports
You might need to download their viewer though. Also, it’s a Taiwan feed (thought it was Japanese, but they showed a Kymco Scooter commercial and I know that’s a Taiwan company).
Well? I let Panda hit.
Let’s go Orson! You can do it, my BFFF.
Shit, here comes Venters. Dude is wicked shit. No prob, Mr. Welles likes the right side.
Let’s go! I’m a wreck.
Panic button pushed by cox in the 6th. Lowe woulda induced the dp easy with pablo, probably struck him out. But he goes venters in the 6th. Too early
Is it too late to change my mind?
DFA that slob!
Fuck Panda you are killing me!
As I said, lowe woulda done the same thing. They burned venters too early.
You cannot cheat the mythical baseball gods. Pablo is what he is this season.
Cox-Ucker didn’t want or hope for a DP. He fucking induced it
gee, Pablo take at least one feckin pitch fer feck sake
Not much of a panic move now BF.
Son of a motherless fat fuck. He had to swing at the first goddamn pitch. I hate that shit.
Another missed chance. I’m depressed.
Panda has no self control at the plate……..any plate.
POTD
He hit that ball about 20 times harder than he would have off of Lowe. Cox got away with a wrong move.
Dirt it’s here.
http://justin.tv/kostaz01
He didn’t even take a pitch, at least see if the dude can throw strikes!! obviously it has taught Panda nothing being moved to the 8 hole!!
Turning Pablo around was pointless there. Lowe owned him first at bat. Burning venters will help us but it doesn’t really matter since we are winning. Still, dumb move by cox.
GB=T: The GDP did get Lowe outta the game. Some insurance sure wouldda been nice though.
Don’t forget about the worthless POS AB by the Bat. First guy doesn’t come through, pressure mounts.
Alykat: it was a panic move cause lowe woulda done the same thing. No reason to burn venters on something lowe could easily have done. Pablo is a mess tonight, we all saw it in his first at bat
Amazing but true, Pablo’s GDP rate this season was almost as bad batting LH as RH.
“And both their hits have been doubles.” Dull comment from Stockton. You know, Brenly’s not impressing me much, either.
Come on, Tim. Finish the 7th off.
Damn! Here’s a video feed and the new Puter is down, probably as a result of a brief electrical outrage the other day. Windows sez: “did not detect a properly installed network adapter”. I’m lost. Guess it’s the slow, slow, drip by drip torture of the Yahoo feed on the ole iMac.
You guys ever hear of TELEVISION????
You talking about one of those new-fangled picture boxes?